From Jurassic Park to The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man to Friends, Monopoly has a new board and even some new rules for just about any major entertainment property that you can think of. Monopoly also has a long tradition of adapting its classic layout of properties to suit different locations, with this being true of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Edition of Monopoly features properties for Tadcaster Brewery, Castle Howard, and Skipton.

Designers have said famous landmarks featured on the board could include the Ribblehead Viaduct, Bolton Abbey, Jervaulx Abbey and Skipton Castle. Image: Unsplash Advance to Stafflex, The Mount School, Huddersfield Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, or even the Harold Wilson Statue - will you owe rent or reap the rewards? In a letter written in 1933/34 by Winston Churchill, he thanked Waddingtons for a game of Monopoly that he was sent. He described the game as “most interesting”. Monopoly: Leeds Private Edition is a 1989 version of the classic boardgame privately published through Waddingtons, the publishers of the standard UK edition of the game. Leeds is a vibrant city with lots to discover and something for everyone to enjoy – from the award winning Royal Armories, to the gardens of Tropical World and magnificent stately homes like Harewood House.John Keen-Tomlinson from Winning Moves, said: “We are very excited by the challenge of putting this unique board for the Yorkshire Dales together.” Just 500 copies of a board based around the city's streets and landmarks were produced in 1989 in aid of the Lord Mayor of Leeds charity appeal. In 1935 Monopoly was first patented in the USA and Waddington's published a British edition based on London streets.This special limited edition based on Leeds was published by John Waddington Ltd., possibly to celebrate the centenary of the City of Leeds in 1993. John Waddington started off as a theatrical printer in Leeds in 1896 and the firm began printing playing cards in 1921. The game "Monopoly" owes its genesis to an American Quaker woman who believed in the common ownership of land. By 1935 when the Parker Bros in Philadelphia acquired the rights to the game, it had become the embodiment of capitalist speculation. The British rights to the game were acquired by the Leeds firm of Waddingtons in 1935 and the slightly bizarre choice of London streets was based on a flying visit to the capital by one of the firm's employees. Since then the game has been customised to many cities and institutions, including this Leeds edition. Waddington's are also reputed to have smuggled silk escape maps to British prisoners of war inside Monopoly sets. Waddingtons were taken over by the US firm of Hasbro in the 1990s. One card sends you on a free guided VIP tour of Leeds Castle, while another hands players lots of Monopoly money as a celebration for Maidstone United Football Club winning the league.

The announcement was made in March. At the time, the public was invited to suggest Maidstone landmarks and charities to feature. More than 5,000 suggestions were received. Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Fay Gooch, attended the launch Live the life of a high flying trader in the fast paced world of real estate as you become a property magnate. Item: 305105790081 Monopoly Leeds Edition (Leeds United, Leeds Rhinos, Yorkshire CCC) - Complete. Take a trip to Leeds with this complete edition of the classic family game, Monopoly. Featuring three of the city's most beloved sports teams - Leeds United, Leeds Rhinos, and Yorkshire CCC - this version is sure to delight fans and newcomers alike. With iconic landmarks and locations from around the city, players can buy and sell their way to victory in this finance-themed game. The game is in excellent condition and comes complete with all pieces. Don't miss out on the chance to own this unique edition of Monopoly, perfect for family game night or as a gift for any sports or board game enthusiast. Take a trip to Leeds with this complete edition of the classic family game, Monopoly. Featuring three of the city's most beloved sports teams - Leeds United, Leeds Rhinos, and Yorkshire CCC - this version is sure to delight fans and newcomers alike. With iconic landmarks and locations from around the city, players can buy and sell their way to victory in this finance-themed game. The game is in excellent condition and comes complete with all pieces. Don't miss out on the chance to own this unique edition of Monopoly, perfect for family game night or as a gift for any sports or board game enthusiast. The game Monopoly owes its genesis to an American Quaker woman who believed in the common ownership of land. By 1935 when the Parker Brothers in Philadelphia acquired the rights to the game, it had become the embodiment of capitalist speculation. The world's favourite family board game brings you another exciting MONOPOLY - Huddersfield EditionMonopoly has evolved far beyond the confines of its box, though, expanding into new properties and themes and into completely different forms of entertainment. From its many variants to appeal to the residents of Yorkshire to living the game of Monopoly, here’s how the UK’s favourite board game has evolved into a cultural icon and an ever-appealing brand. Monopoly for the people of Yorkshire

Originally published in 1935, Monopoly has been the cause of billions of hours of fun – and a fair few disgruntlements – for 87 years now. With Christmas around the corner, it’s a guarantee that households around Yorkshire and the rest of the country will be pulling the classic board game out from the cupboard. It won’t come as a surprise that Monopoly consistently ranks among the best-selling games in the country. Finding four train stations as in the Monopoly original proved a challenge. As did locating Maidstone’s Old Kent Road equivalent. The public suggested Maidstone landmarks and charities to be featured in the new game With crown jewels like Bolton Abbey and Malham Cove we expect to be wonderfully spoiled for choices producing this edition.” Whatman Park teams is also in the brown set, which are the game’s most affordable squares. Mote Park will join Leeds Castle in the top ranking set, so is the equivalent of Park Lane from the game’s London original.

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Such is the position of Waddingtons in Leeds history that this special edition was one of the 10 objects chosen by Leeds museums to represent the city in the The slightly bizarre choice of London streets and the small ‘mistakes’ above were made when Victor Watson, an employee of Waddingtons, did a ‘taxi dash’ around London to find iconic streets for the British version of the board game. Debbie Matthews, head of sales and marketing at Leeds Castle, said: “We are very excited to welcome Mr Monopoly to Leeds Castle to launch the Maidstone edition game. Maidstone landed the honour of a customised Monopoly game after seeing off 24 other places across Europe to win the accolade and beating runner-up Chartres in France. The original British game is of course based on the city of London, with famous landmarks including Mayfair, Park Lane, Picadilly and Regent Street.

Now Victor is trawling through another tranche of the firm's archives and his personal papers, he is sorting them out to make sure any important material goes to the right home. During World War II Waddingtons helped prisoners of war by hiding escape maps pinned on silk inside the games. The tokens were made out of real gold and real money was put with the monopoly money, once it was found out that German guards were not searching the boxes themselves. This was achieved by MI9 and Waddingtons working together to produce the games and setting up fake aid charites, sending both regular aid and escapee maps hidden in everyday objects such as cards, pens and of course board games. A LIMITED edition charity version of the world-famous Monopoly has proved a huge sell-out success for Leeds manufacturers Waddingtons. The 500 sets, using Leeds place names instead of London ones, were all snapped up within two hours of going on sale yesterday, leaving many people disappointed. Long queues had already formed outside the firm’s Rothwell premises when the doors opened at 8.45am.

Waddingtons were taken over by the US firm of Hasbro in the 1990s. Most of the firm’s archives reside at the West Yorkshire Archives Service and Abbey House. It has been revealed that a brand new version of the board game Monopoly is to be based on the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Two years ago, Monopoly ranked as the best-selling board game at the UK’s largest online retailer, with the spin-off Monopoly Deal ranking sixth. At the time of writing, a fair bit before the Christmas rush, the standard version of Monopoly held firm in fifth, with Monopoly Deal in seventh and Monopoly Junior in 19th. That said, if all of the editions were counted as one, Monopoly would undoubtedly reign supreme. But now, manufacturers Winning Moves UK have said that the Yorkshire Dales is getting it’s own board and we are absolutely buzzing about it.